Florida Audio Expo 2024

American Sound / American Audio & Video

Ken Micallef  |  Feb 24, 2024

Angie Lisi and Matthew Legere of American Sound of Richmond Hill, Ontario, played vinyl records, after my heart.

Tracking an Analog Relax EX300 cartridge mounted to a Glanz tonearm on an Oracle Delphi V11 turntable, those records, some rare, included Chick Corea's Circling In, Art Pepper's Among Friends (!!), Illinois Jacquet's Birthday Party, and Highlights from Rheingold and Die Walkure, my favorite Wagner opera, with Solti/Vienna on Decca.

Rounding out this homey, high-performance rig were a Phasemation EA-550 phono stage ($38,000, when bought with the Analog Relax cart and Oracle turntable), Phasemation CM-2200 Control Meister preamp ($26,000), and dCS Bartok Apex DAC (streaming Qobuz).

Phasemation MA-1500 mono power amps ($30,000/pair) with 300B tubes drove German Avantgarde Acoustic third-generation UNO SD passive horns, with a 500W amplifier to power its 10" woofer with passive crossover ($35,000/pair). (There's a fully active version, too.) Transparent cables were employed throughout.

COMMENTS
georgehifi's picture
Submitted by georgehifi on February 24, 2024 - 11:56pm

But for this "homey"??? what does that mean?? in Australia that has a very different slang meaning.

Cheers George

ken mac's picture
Submitted by ken mac on February 25, 2024 - 6:50am

In the US, "homey" can mean best friend, but also familiar and comforting. These products were not brand new, the amps had seen some usage. But I loved the sound.

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